The Sun. — London, England, 1838-03-29 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF LORDS, 31ilicm 28. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the wool sack, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, about ten minntes past live o'clock. ABOLITION OF NEGRO APPRENTICEBI - 110. Lord BROUGHAM presented petitions item the Wes leyan Methodists of Market Ilathoro'; Great Yarmouthi the Baptists of Market Harboro' ; the inhabitants of Tyne mouth, in the County of Devon ; Bibby ; the Wes. !cyan Methodists of Stamford the inhabitants et Payne Town, the Protes'ant Dissenters of Leamington, the Methodists of Mount T a b our , i n t h e b ote ligE of Stockport, laildithgove ; ,Tamworth, borough of Staf fordshire, signed by the Mayor and Vicar ; the ce.ngr,:- gation of New Ramsev-street, Westminster ; Kilmaurs, Sta plchurst, Binrese, bovehill Chapel, near Glasgow ; the papist Church of Irvin ; Branston ; the Minister and Anocia tion of the first United Associated Congregation of Falkirk ; Maltby, in Lincolnshire ; the congregation of original Seeeda ers of Dollar, in Clackm.ananshire ; the Presbyterians of Bach and Buckie ; the Wesleyan Ministers of Drogheda, in Ireland ; the congregation assembling in the Rope Chapel, Weymouth ; the inhabitants of Sutton, Southport Staines, Tillicoultrie; from the Independent Dissenters of Stapplehurst, the Indeperdents of Market Harborough, the Protestant Dis senters of Wimbourn Minster, in Dorsetshire ; the ledepen dents of the borough of Ruthin, the inhabitants of Evesham, the female inhabitants of Buckingham, the inhabitants of Wrexham, the U n i te d Association of Tillicoultrie ; Heaton Norris, Brigstock, the inhabitants of P a isley, the Wesleyan' Methodist s d Linely, York ; the female inhabitants of Tet bury, the Wesleyan Methodists of Loughborough, and from a great many other places, praying for the immediate abolition of Negro apprenticeship. The Noble and Learned Lord stated that he had now presented about 100 of these petitions. He had a vast number with him to present on the same subject ; but if he had known that, as a return for his wish to accommodate the House, not one of the Ministers would have been present, and not one of the Opposition. with the honourable exception of his Noble Friend Lord Redesdale, he should not have accommodated the House, as he did last night, in not presenting the petitions. He should, however, not present any more of them to-night. Ho was more than ordinarily surprised at the absence of ono Noble Lord who seemed considerably nettled at having it said that he did not wish to attend in his place on Wednesday, and who declared that he was just as willing to attend on Wednes day as on any other day. The absence of the Noble Duke was quite consistent with what he had said, because he ( Lord B.) had never seen a man kick more than the Noble Duke did at the idea of having to come down on Wednesday. He should have the honour of presenting the remainder of his petitions tomorrow. He had stated also that he had a communication to-night from a Noble Friend of his which he considered of great importance. He should likewise abstain from making that communication to-night, merely observing that all the doubts of that Noble Lord had, upon a full and mature deliberation, been removed ; and he (Lord B.) was authorised to sta'e, which be should do in that Noble Lord's own language to-morrow, that he had his express permission for making the statement, though with the modesty which always accompanied great merit, that Noble Lord regarded his own authority as not worth communicating. He (Lord B.) should quote that Noble Lord's high and venerable authority to-morrow, taking to himself the greatest joy from finding that upon the question of compact as it was called, and of bargain as it was absurdly called, he was now backed by the highest legal authority in this land—the Lord Chief Justice of England. The Duke of RICHMOND presented petitions from Craubrook, the Cinque Port of Hythe, and eight other places in the county of Kent, praying for the immediate abolition of negro slavery. - Mr. Steuart and others from the House of Commons brought up the Mutiny Bill and the Marine Mutiny Bill, which were respectively read a first time.—Adjourned. NO USE OF COMMONS, Milcsr 28. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. Sir JOHN WALSH was introduced by Mr. GALL? KNIGHT and another Hon. Member, and took the oaths and his seat for Sudbury, in the room of Sir J. Hamilton, de ceased. On the motion of Mr. P. Scaop!, the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway was read a third time and passed. SLAVERY. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON presented a petition from the females of Ipswich, numerously signed, praying for the imme diate abolition of the apprenticeship system of slavery in the West Indies; also two petitions from pari3hes in the county of Essex, to the same effect. Mr. HAWE S presented a petition from Lambeth to the same effect, agreed to at the largest public meeting he had ever attended. Mr. Brotherton presented four petitions to the same effect ; Sir G. Strickland thirty-three ; Mr. Miles two ; Mr. Leader one ; Mr. Ward six ; one of them signed by 1,003 women, and another by 18,820 of the inhabitants of Sheffield ; Mr. Berke ley two from Cheltenham ; Mr. Sturt two from Derby ; Mr. Palmer from Reading ; Mr. Barnard from Woolwich ; Mr. Thorneley from Dudley ; Mr. Brodie ; Lord Maidstone, Sir T. Acland, and Mr. Freshfield. _ _ Sir C. STYLE presented a petition from Scarborough to the same effect. Five petitions to the same effect were presented by Lord W. BENTINCK from Glasgow. Sir F. TRENCH said he cheerfully supported the prayer of the petition from Scarborough—and he hoped the example of Lord Sligo, who had liberated all his Negro apprentices— Mr. SPEAKER—Order order! Sir F. TRENCH (sitting down)—Will be followed.— (Laughter. ) Mr. O'CONNELL presented nine petitions to the same effect—one of them from the Mayor and Corporation of Dub lin, also signed by 4,000 and upwards of the inhabitants ; Mr. Wakley three petitions to the same effect from places in the county of Westmoreland; Lord M. Hill one from Evesham; Mr. Pendarves sever *1 petitions from places in Cornwall ; Mr. Scho field, one from the Protestant Dissenters of Birmingham ; Mr. Evans, several petitions from Yorkshire ; Mr. Byng from Middlesex ; Mr. Dennistoun, one from Glasgow ; Sir G. Stanton, one from the Wesleyan congregation of Portsmouth ; Mr. H. Maraland, several petitions from Stockport and Bland ford ; Mr. Pease, forty-four petitions from different parts of England and Ireland ; Mr. Bramston, from Chelmsford and other places ; Lord Worsley, from several places in the county of Lincoln. Lord JAMES STUART presented petitions from Ayr. shire against additional endowments to the Church of Scot land. Mr. D'E YNCOURT presented a petition from Louth, in Lincolnshire, complaining of certain parts of the ..lunicipal Refcirm Act, which limited the jurisdiction of borough Jus tices over prisoners. Mr. WAKLEY presented a retition from Francis Holm, late Lieut.-Col. in the GrenaE r-Guards, praying, for an in quiry into the manner in which ho lost his Commission in !hit corps ; also one from Kenny, a surgeon, praying that all surgeons under the Medical Charities Act, be elected by pub lic competition. Also one from the tradesmen of Bristol and Brighton, praying for a commutation of the sentence on the Glasgow cotton-spinners. Petitions for the abolition of Negro Slavery were pre”.nted by Dr. LUSHINGTON and Mr. DIVETT. COAL COMMITTEE Mr LABOCCHERE presented the report of this POOR LAW. Sir T. ACLAND presented a petition from a district in she county of Devon, complaining of some enactments in the Poor-law Bill. PLURALITIES IN THE CHURCH. Sir C. GREY presented a petition against Pluralities in the Church. sir. K INNA IR D presented several petitions from dissent ing congregations in the County and City of Perth, against further endowment 3 to the Church of Scotland. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL presented a petition from the Grand Jury of the county of Londonderry, against several of the provisions of the I ish Poor Law Bill. The petitioners complained of the extensive scale upon which relief was af forded by the Bill, as they thought relief should be limited to the IvApless destitute. They expressed their surprise that the Bill should have been framed on the report of an individual who displayed such ignorance of the red c,Adition of the people of Ireland. - Mr. HUME presented several petitions against further en dowments to the Church of Scotland. The Honourable Member also presented a petition from Melrose, signed by 266 persons, expressing their surprise that his Ma jesty the King of Hanover, although at the head of a foreign State, should be allowed still to receive a pension from this country, to which petitioners were obliged to contribute. The Hon. Member presented another petition to the same effect, but from what place we could not catch, and gave no tice, that on the second Thursday after the recess, he would move thq 4uspension of the payment of the pension of the King C,'; Hanover. ATT`jIINEY AND SOLICITORS'(IRELAND)BILL. Mr. O'CONNELL brought up the Attorney and Solici tors' ( Ireland) Bill, which was read a first and second time, Ind ordered to be committed. Mr. WA LL ACE presented several petitions against fur ther endowments to the Church of Scotland ; also a petition from the parish of St. Ehn, Westminster, for a cheaper mode of administering the affairs of the Post-office, and expressing ark approval of Mr. Rowland Hill's plan. Mr. A. WHITE presented a petition from Sunderland, praying for a reduction in the rate of postage. Mr. SHAW presented a petition from the Corporation of Dublin, praying that their rights might be preserved in any measure which might be passed for reforming the Cor porations of Ireland ; also, a petition from the congregation of York-street Chapel, Dublin, praying that the system of Negro apprenticeship might terminate on the Ist of August next. Sir R. INGL IS presented a petition from the Chancellor, Master, and Scholars, of the University of Oxford against the suppression of the Bishopric of Sodor and Man. Mr. WALLACE presented a petition from a person named Henry Jones, a native of Canada, complaining that four years ago be had an action instituted against him in the Court of Session, and as yet he had not been able to force a trial, which was most inconvenient to him, he having a family without protection in the present state of Canada. The reason assigned was that a person skilled in phrenology could not ,d. Ind the More the Judges would not bring on the trial. light it would be better to require that the :end Phrenological Lectures than that such place. DVOC AT E said jr. Jones's statement was let nothing prevented him from going on with N r ,„„ettend, and theret d n lictb)l l2 N' ) tha S` d att4 i i • iv. ; :i4. , , d ake ,•.4 41), the 4.1 . 11: 1.:0 4•r ~. • 7 4 F/ 4 / AL . _ Mr - . HUME asked what had become of the prosectttion which the Lord Advocate had been desirtd to histiatte against Lord Dunglas, to divest him of a sineeuro. The LORD ADVOCAT F. said it was still pending. SHEFFIELD: Mr. LASCELLES ni,11.71 co put a question to the Noble Lord the SePreta t 4 of the Home Dzpartment. Two peti tion: had been presented to the Privy Ccuntil from the borough of Sheffield, P 7 1 ,, ..3 , gt - Itil by 3,000 householders in favour of a Ctirpn . ration, and one signed by 15,000 cut of 01.0 i 2,000 householders; agains,t the (int'po'ration. r ot ort'e reason no decision tviO, tome to, and a Mr. Jebb was sent down as a commissioner, to make enquiries. Now he (Mr. L-.scelles) wished to he informed why, 1111,-, , n the inhabitants had expressed so decided an opinion, no decision had been come to, and what necessity there was for sending Mr. Jebb down to make further inquiry ? L^rd J. RUSSELL said, when the cpiestion of the Bir n.ingham Corporation was before the Committee, they found great difficulty in coming to a correct statement as to the number of householders, in con.equence of which two persons were sent itcwn to ascertain the facts to enable the Privy Council to come to a decision at their next meeting. With regard to Sheffield, on the two petitions being received, the parties were asked whe ther they admitted that 15,000 householders had signed the petition against the formation of a Corporation. They denied that fact, and the Privy Council thought they would not be justified in coming to a decision without making farther inquiry, and Mr. Jebb was therefore sent to Sheffield. When his report should be made, the Privy Council should decide the matter. With regard to the expenses they must 1)2 considered as public extracts. Lord JOHN RU SSE LL, in answer to a question by an Honourable Member, as to when the Bill for the alteration of Committee Courts would be in the hands of Honourable Members, replied that he hoped to pre sent it two or three days before the adjournment. The Noble Lord then gave notice that the Under Secretary for the Colonies, when the motion was made to-morrow for the abolition of apprenticeship in the Colonies, would move as an amendment the Order of the Day for the second reading of the Bill for the amendment of the Abolition Act, which was read a first time last night. On the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the Mutiny Bills were read a third time and passed. ADJOURNED DEBATE. The SPEAKER having gone through the Paper—and the Bills having been postponed for the purpose of resuming the adjourned debate upon the Spanish question—formally read the resolution moved by Lord Eliot. No one having risen to commence the debate, The SPEAKER put the question. Both sides answered the appeal—the Tories Aye, and the Liberals No. The Speaker declared that the Noes had it, amidst loud laughter, and cries of " Divide." The gallery was cleared. The House divided, when there appeared— For the Motion 62 Against it Majority for Ministers —a On our re-admission to the gallery we found the House in a state of excitement, the Liberals loudly cheering, and Lord MAHON asking whether the late division had not been had from a misunderstanding upon both sides of the House ?—( No, no, and much laughter. ) Lord JOHN RUSSELL—The only thing I feel called upon to say is, that there could be no intention on either side of the House to act unfairly ; as to any further course to Ire adopted, with that I have nothing to do.—(Loud laughter from the Ministerial benches.) Lord M:1 HON asked if it was not competent to put the resolution again, and remarked that there was a natural re luctance on his side of the House to divide in the absence of the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, upon whom the motion implied a severe censure.—(" Oh, oh," from the Ministerial Benches.) General Sir DE LACY EVANS said that was mistaken delicacy, inasmuch as the attack was directed against him.— (" Hear, hear," from the Ministerial benches ; and " No, no," from the Opposition.) He bad intended to speak to-night, but had refrained because he concluded that some Member on the opposite side of the House would have wished to answer the powerful speech made by Mr. Sheil at the close of the debate last night.--( Hear, hear.) The debate on this motion had a very singular commencement, and a ridiculous termination.— (Loud laughter and cheers from the Ministerial Benches.) Lord FRANCIS EGERTON then rose, but was re ceived with loud cries of " Order 1" from the Ministerial side of the House. An HON. MEMBER wished to ask if there was any question before the House? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that as there was no question before the House he would move that the Orders of the Day be now read. Lord F. EGERTON conceived that he was perfectly in order. He begged to say that for his part he was totally un aware that the question had been put, as he believed was also the Noble Lord opposite. The Hon. and Gallant Officer was in error in supposing that the motion was directed against him personally, as it was nothing more than the usual Parlia mentary attack made by one side of the House upon the other. The SPEAKER said, that he had taken the Orders as they stood on the paper, and thatno blame could be attached to him. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that, as there was no ques tion before the House, he would move that the Housei do now adjourn.—( Loud cries of " Hear, hear, hear," an& a general rush of Members to the door. ) The SPEAKER was about to put the question of adjourn ment, when Lord MAHON rose, and put it to the House whe ther it was right that a question of such importance should be disposed of in this summary manner. The division had been totally unexpected, and Members had not time to ar rive. He therefore proposed, if it were not inconsistent with the rules of the House on the amendment that the House do now adjourn, the identical motion which was previously before the House.—( Cheers from the Opposition, and laughter from the Ministerial benches.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL asked the Speaker if that would be in order ? The SPEAKER was understood to reply in the negative. Mr. HAWES said the Noble Lord opposite had talked of being taken by surprise ; but if any party had been taken by surprise, it was the Members on this (the Ministerial) side of the House,, who hardly knew how to act under the circumstances, for the; division had been forced on them by Hon. Members opposite. : —(Cries of " No, no.") They had a right to expect that the next speaker would rise on the other side—( Loud cheers) —and he was greatly surprised on hearing Gentlemen say the Ayes had it. If there were any fault in the case it did not lay on this side of the House. Mr. GO ULBURN certainly said the Ayes have it, when he heard the other side say the Noes have it. An Hon. Gen tleman on this side of the House had undertaken to open the debate, but was unfortunately absent when the accident occurred.—( Loud laughter from the Ministerial benches.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL said it was naturally expected that some Gentleman would rise on the other side, after the brilliant speech delivered last night by the Hon. Member fon Tipperary. The whole proceedings were entirely unintentional and no pasty was to bleme.—( Hear, hear.) The SPEAKER said no imputation could be cast upot him, as he had put the question fairly to the House, and n one had risen. Mr. GO ULB URN did not make the least imputation o the Speaker who had put the question once. —( Several Members on the Ministerial side of the House exclaimed " Twice.") Lord ELIOT had certainly intended by his motion to cast censure upon the Government with respect to their policy towards Spain, and if possible to elicit such an expression of the feeling of the House as might induce the n to change it. It was impossible that a question of such importance could be got rid of in such a manner ; end he trusted that the debate would he allowed to go on upon the question of adjournment, or that the same motion with some verbal amendment might be allowed to be put. Colonel DA VIES said the question had been entirely disposed of, and cited a case of a similar nature which occur rd when the question of Parliamentary Re form was before the House. Besides, the House had decided the question upon two different occasions last Session of Parliament. The question had been fairly put and fairly decided, and if the Noble Lord wanted a trial of strength between the two parties, let him give a new notice of motion. Mr. MILNE S thought it would be better to continue the debate on this occasion, than waste the time of the country by renewing the debate afresh at a future period. Mr. M. O'CONN ELL said it would be a bad precedent to set, to bring forward a motion agaia--after it has been de cided upon by the House—by melting a verbal alteration in it.—( Hear.) Sir R. PEEL said he had been taken as much by surprise RS any Member. An Honourable Member bad waited upon him, and told him that he had intended to open the debate, and never was he (Sir R. Peel) so astonished as when on coming down to the House he found that the debate had gone off. He thought the Noble Lord (Palmerston) would himself insist upon the House coming to a more definite decision upon this question than could be inferred from a chance division upon an incomplete discussion.—( Hear, hear.) Either the debate might be continued now, or upon the earliest convenient day. Mr. C. BULLER said if the question were one of really practical importance, it might b e . d es ir able for the House to come to a definite decisiOn upon it; but the fact was, it was a mere party question brought forward by gentlemen opposite, with the view Of turning out the Ministry—( Cheers from the Ministerial benches)—and ho for one should object to giving the other side any facility for renewing the debate upon such a mere empty vote of censure which could have no practical effect whatever.—( Hear, hear.) By the bye, he should like to know the name of that Member who was to have commenced the debate upon the Opposition side of the House at five o'clock, and whom the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel), with such bad taste, had purposely avoided, by coming down at half-past five o'clock. —( Laughter. ) Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that it was certainly rather unfortunate that the lion. Member who had intended opening this debate had not arrived until five o'clock, when the divi sion had taken place, and that the Right Hon. Gentleman who had moved the vote of censure on Ministers had not arrived until half an hour after his usual time.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) With respect to the question itself, lie partly agreed with and partly disagreed with what had fallen from his Hon. Friend, who had just sat down. He did not think the question as regarded the Order in Council was of such importance as to justify the re-opening of the de bate; but with respect to the other part of the motion, which involved a vote of censure on the Government, he thought that this could not be consid ere d as a quest i on merely affecting parties, but as one which was of considerable importance not only to this country but to Spain.—( Hear, hear.) He certainly thought that it would be an unfor tunate precedent to set : if the debate were again opened bad once. taken plice. He knew that man} Members had left , the. House Oder tin , the had been deitichid; and it was tllmct i t ti w tu Met t illa,:rs could be found. On the other side there was a consideration in favour of the renewal of the debate, which was paramount with him to all others. The Right lion. Gint. brought forwaid this ttOtiOn 23 a vb7e of t,mure on Govern- Ment i and for his part he would not thiiik of shfinkinq, from the question.—( Hear.) He was quite ready to meet it, and he hild as little fear for the result as he had had for that of another motion of a similar nature in the other House. Ile would say that iht were conformable with the rules of the House, he would preferthat the question should be again debated, and put to a division to-night. It wis the course which would be most conTistent with the character of Government, and he thought they had a right - to ask the House to allow a question, which so seriously affected their character and foreign i olicy, to be de cided to-night. Mr. VILLIERS thought that as at least a dozen Members had left the House, under the impression that the question had he,n dte'ded, their proceeding to a division now would be no test of the opinions of the House. The SPEAKER again put the question. Lord MAFION said that he would persist in his amend ment. The Noble Lord said he should move an amendment identical in substance with the motion of the Noble Lord ( Eliot), but different in one of its expressions. The Noble Lord then moved his amendment, making only a ver bal alteration in the original motion. The SPEAKER then proceeded to put the amendment, when— Mr. BARRON rose to order, amidst vehement cries of " Chair," from the Opposition side of the House. The SPEAKER said, if the Hon. Member had any obser vations to make he must wait until the proper time.—( Hear, hear.) He then read the amendment. Mr. BARRON wished to ask the Speaker whether it was competent now to put such a motion, consistent with the rules and regulations as to Orders, Motions, and Notices en tered into at the beginning of the Session. Mr. HAWES said, if such a motion were entertained — if :a question were thus re-opened after a decision, it would introduce a new system of party warfare which the Hon. Gen tlemen opposite might be the first to feel the effects of. Sir ROBERT PEEL was not to be frightened by the threat of the Hon. Gentleman. He was only anxious to do that which was right, and therefore if five or six Gentlemen could fairly say they hid been taken unawares by the unprecedented situation in which they were placed, that would be a good reason for postponing the motion. But could the debate not be adjourned till Friday night ? ( Cries of " Slavery.") If the question of slavery were not finished, then why not bring it on on Monday again ? Mr. FRENCH must decidedly object to that course. He had been waiting for three weeks for the second reading of a Bill, and could not bring it on. Therefore he could not consent to an adjournment to a motion day. Mr. BE RNA L thought the motion of the Noble Lord would be productive of every species of irregularity if agreed to, and he should call ucon the House to consider the question as settled. He was old enough to remember, when the Reform question was brought before the House by Lord Durham, and the House went to a division, when his Lordship and many of the supporters of the measure were (absent, but no attempt was made to bring on the question again. The rules of the House always tended to good and beneficial results, and if they attempted to depart from them, they would be laying a trap to catch all kinds of contingencies.—(Cheers.) He felt bound to resist any attempt to renew the discussion. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, his wish was to see the debate proceeded in now, because it would be incon venient that it should come on on Friday or Monday. He ( Lord J. Russell) thought the only alternative was be tween going on, and giving a regular notice of motion ; he repeated, for himself he wished the debate to be continued. After a few observations from Sir R. Nous and Mr. C. LUSIIINGTON, the motion was withdrawn, and the House ad. journed. ANTI-SLAVERY MEETING. (YESTERDAY.) (From our Second Edition of last night.) The deputation was received by Lords Melbourne, Glenelg, and J. Russell, at the official residence of the former, and their numbers filled the spacious drawing-room. Mr. BLsta, as Chairman, thanked their Lordships for the courtesy and promptitude with which they had granted the audience. He stated that the gentlemen who surrounded him represented the anti. slavery Societies in all parts of the kingdom. The deputation repre. sented and embodied the moral and religious feelings of a vast portion of the populition, and was composed of gentlemen of various denomina tions and parties. Their present object was to lay before her Majesty's Ministers (upon whom the settlement of the question depended) the rea sons by which their own minds had been moved ; and if there was any truth or justice in those reasons—if they were founded on religion and humanity—ho hoped their Lordships would give their influence and sanction to the entire and unqualified freedom to the Negro apprentices and their children—a measure which was calculated alike to secure the honour and dignity of her Majesty's Government, and the welfare and happiness of a million of her subjects. The memorial was then read. It embodied the substance of the reso lutions which had been passed at the recent meetings in Exeter Hall, and which have already appeared in the " Sun." The Rev. Mr, Burnet, Mr. Sturge, Dr. Greville, and Mr. Jam's of Birmingham, then addressed their Lordships in support of the allege. Lions and prayer of the memorial. Lord MELBOURNE had listened with great attention to the memorial, which displaye.l great ability, as well as feelings of religion and huma nity. He could not but give great weight to the representations which it contained, as they were the result, not of an ebullition of feeling, but expressed the deliberate and well considered opinion of a large, respectable, and religious portion of the community. He need not assure the deputation that he should rejoice if he could cancur in the opinions and gratify the wishes of such a body. The whole course of his own conduct, and that of his cilleagues, entitled them to claim credit for as great a desire as actuated the memorialists themselves to accomplish the objects which they had in view. fie wag not surprised at the conclusion to which many had come on this subject; but the same justice which he did to others he expected for himself, and he trusted that they would allow him to exercise his own reason and judgment in a matter which must be attended with important conse quences. Ile begged to advert to what he had said when a deputation, of which manymembers were now present, waited on him last on this subject. Ile on that occasion stated that he had great doubts of the policy and wis dom of the course which was then proposed, and which was the same as that proposed on the ?resent occasion. He had now listened with great at tention to the representations of Mr. Burnet, and he was sorry he could not agree with him as to there being no contract b e tween the people of this country and the Planters. He (Lord M.) thought, on the contrary, that in the course proposed by the Deputation, it would be great injus tice, after the settlement so recently made, to interrupt that settlement in so abrupt and sudden a manner as proposed. It would be unjust to those Islands which had adopted regulations, more in the spirit of the EmancipationlAct, than those adopted in others of the Islands. It would be unjust to the whole body of the Planters. He admitted what had been said, that th;. - .. Negroes would ultimately be prepared to exercise all the rights of freemen. But it was running too great a hazard to disturb the great experiment which was in progress, and which on the whole was auspicious'y advancing. With these views—that it would be unjust, partial, unwise, and not beneficial to the Negroes themselves, and that it would b_ hazardous to the success of th^ great cause which lie and they had at heart—he was not prepared to adopt the course which the Memorial re:ommended. After some further conversation, Mr. BLAIR, on the part of the deputation, thanked their Lordships for the courtesy which they had shown, and the deputation withdrew. The Delegates returned to Exeter Hall, where, after a long and de. sultory discussion, in which various courses of future conduct were pro posed, the following resolution was unanimously adopted : "That Lord Melbourne's reply to the Delegation being highly un satisfactory, a sut.cummittee be appointed to prepare resolutions to ()Inv bef ire the meeting of Delegates this evening, at Brown's Hotel, at seven o'clock." It was then recommended by Mr. G. Tuomrso - i, that every Delegate should write, by this night's post, to his constituents, and rouse them to exertion, which was received with great applause. The meeting then separated at five o'clock. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) (From our Secondon of last night.) HULL. The Committee met at eleven o'clock. The cross-examination of Mr. Rollit was again proceeded in by Mr. AUSTIN, in order to prove that Mr. Dryden was the agent of Sir Walter James and Mr. Wilberforce. Mr. WItANGIIANI objected to this course of examination as irrelevant, for if the voter (John Savage) was bribed by Mr. Dryden, the vote WAS had, whether the sitting Mc ::hers were present at the time or not. Mr. Auvisa submitted that lie was entitled t. go into this examination so three grounds—first, with reference to any circumstances connected with the election which might lead to impeach the credit of the wit ness ; secondly, to show that Mr. Dryden was the agent of the sitting Members, and that he was deeply coecerned in the illegal part of the election ; and thirdly, that he was entitled to go into evidence on the eross.examination of the witnesses on the other side, to affect the sitting Members. The Committee decided that the cross-examination should proceed. The witness was then called, and examined at some length as to his connection with the different Committee.rooms,and the individuals whom he had seen there. Th e questions were very frequently objected t. by the Counsel for the sitting Members, and the room was cleared several times, the Cern rn ec h time deciding in favour of the petitioners. T'he exam i na tion did not conclude until nearly three o'clock, when t Mr. Witaxenam proceeded to . sum up the evidenc e , co mme n ting on t h e co ntradictions gi ven b y Rolla to the statements of the voter, whose story he characterised as a complete falsehood from beginning to end. The Learned Gentleman had just concluded his address, at foe r o'clock, when the Committee adjourned. KINSALE. The Committee assembled to -day at a quarter past three o'clock, Mr. GALLS' KNtat►T in the Chair. Mr. Thessiger and Mr. Austin appeared on the part of the petitioners, and Mr. Pollock ansl Mr. Cockburn for the sitting Members. It was stated by Mr. THESS:GER that counsel fi,r petitioners intended to proceed on the scrutiny only, and the parties having exchanged lists, the Committee adjourned to eleven o'clock tomorrow morning. At an auction last week at Pierrefonds, Oise, France, after the decease of an old gentleman, an antiquated cabinet was put up at three francs ; no purchasers appearing, one of the heirs seised a mallet and threw it in a passion at the piece of furniture, when, to his astonishment, the shock caused to fall from one of the drawers, a leather bag, contain ing in gold-1,600 francs I In digging the foundations of the bridge about to be constructed over the Hipper, some bones of a human being were found, together with an old coin. It is impossible to conjecture how they came there, but from appearances ages may have rolled away since the frame, of which these bones formed a part, lived, and felt, and acted.—North Derfrphir Chronicle. A public meeting of the friends of Ireland and o f Education was held at the Assembly-rooms, Bath, on Tues.- day last, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament for the continuance of the grant to Alaynooth College, and for ex posing the misrepresentations made at the late meetin of the Protestant Association with regard to that establishment. ;SI -I -as pßic ,t l.: Bs s u o ß r iN A uA c r o iLs, DOCK S'i'Otit.6; . . I LONDON, TUES slumber Dividend 0 11 1 4 :, I t E l.;l e 'x ' t B‘ ;', sEe. bli4 per of per CANAL S. pa'-d. Shareihsres. Annum. I , 7 Cfi 7 pc) cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 971. 18s. sh. 135 is L''S afi 431 , ,by-dasle-Zotsch u. Average 1131 . sh. 65 I i l- Y .O ........, liasilsgSldke nsisassitianitirear.snlyiLsh• 5. I,otra 51, treektiock and Atiergitehily sisla . N. eh. I q t ." 8; 0110 1. - -Itlah. 9! Os. Itirmingharn, I- Kith elate.:. ; B l l. & 711. 41 4 • 000 .as•. Ditth and 1."-lefpool Junct„. l 3 o / eh. 101 ' pd 241 0 09 27 .a:.•:. Btlitatthittr i , :iiti 'T alinfon .:;.100/.sh. all pd 64 l MX) 4/ Clichner and Bltackseii`er. - ICOL sb. 102 500 VI Csventry ; ''2(o. sit 745 4.545 ....... C:oydon - A v erage 31/. 2s. Ind. al, si 2 , 06 " 41, 0.. Malley lOOl sh. 83 15 14 ; 14 , Derby iiio/ sh. 153 2n,000 4 pet cent. Liallillie and 51.,yne 3,5751 21. Ellesmere and Chestet...su A a arage. 193/. sk. 77 231 46 . . Erewash ?OM. ea. 700 1997 .2SI. Forth sod Clyde As crave .1001.SCs. th. 580 1 1, , 600 loa Grand Junction I , el. sh. 7:2 2,8491 1/, Grand Union.. IrOi.sh ' 25 ~1.510'1 Grand Surrey '0,000:. 11. per cent. Ditro (optional) L o an . pV, '7O '1,696 Grand Western 000 131. 12s. ild Glamarganthire, Average cost 172/. I 3s. 4S s 3) 749 Ins. Grantham 150/. sh. a(rl 6,239 2/. Os Iludderstit Id Average 57/. 6s. fid. sh. 37 100 '5.32 8 11. ss. Kennet sod Avon, Average 39/. 185. 10.1. sh 95: 2 . 89 71 211, Leeds and Liverpool 5151 ige Leicester Monmouthshire 100/.sh. 20 ' ICW. sh. 200 2.4001 8 97 (11 1 . 0 0 1. 5. Leicester and Northampton.... i. v . 1 1 1 1 11 1 11 1 1111 11 11 1 11 1 1 l , ': i hh e . .. . -1°' 1 2.1 ) (5 1 ) 150 10/. Melton Mowbray 500 2 ; 51. ;Mersey and [swell lOOl. sh. 565 3 . 0 ° 0 11.10 s. Macclesfield loot sh all pd. a 2 2 47 17/. Neath 1 , 786 sot. Oxford 2,100 51. Peak Forest 1,118 12i. MO 61. per cent. nochdale Average Sri/. 911. 1 I 500 8!. /25/. sh. 108 Regent's (Cr London) '‘ A i v " e; g. .. e 3 ..3.a. / .b. . 111 l u.6...t51i.((");(8'.d.111...:8:11h.: 361:4316°5 Shropshire 8(N) 91. Ws. Somerset Coal l5O/ s h. 1511 3. 110 0/. 41 percent. Ditto I .ock Fund Stock l2!. lils. sh. 111 7 00 40/. Stafford and Worcester l4li/ sh. 710 50 0 91. Shrewsbury 1251. sh. 280 300 91. 3tourbridge •-• 3,047 2/. 41, Stratford-on-Av al ...Average 791. 9s. :0 25'1. sh. 50 633 15/. Swansea 100/ sh 3 .762 It. 151. Severn and Wye an d Railway ...Av. 35/. sh. 35 .2,60 'fen. 321. lOs. Treat and Mersey, 1 sh are lOW. AIL SSO (1.149 • 000 sh.) 1030010.3 151 ' h . A am ver. 191. Ss. 002(11..sshh. 2652 980 Ils. ' A r w V h a a a r m , w e i i c s e k k 'n a a : t i i i d d sl l: d i i r:m p a t i n Y n n . g . 100/.3h. 200 - 6,000 4/.os. Worcestst and Birmingham...Av.7Bl.Bs. sh 791 5,000 255. Wilts ans. Berko .. Average 671. 10s. Sd. sh. 22 800 31. Worley and Essington 1251. sh 75 Wisbeach . . 105/. sh. 45 905 1.. Wey awl Arun llO/.6h. S2l DO l . - KS. !. 06 11 76 °6 7 5 7 1 t 1 6 p 3 er p. et c . EastCom merc ial .1041!. +h. 56 . Stock 112 3,20e,31011. 50s. p. ct. London Stock 571 irlaii Ditto ilonds 99 Stock 1001 1,380,000/. W. p. ct. West India 2,209 'IL 19s. Bristol 66,3241. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3 1,352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 100 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds lto 201.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years lOOl ' 2.500 ..... Deptford Piet 1 01. sh. 20/. pd BRIDGES. 1,600 l' s. Haminersmiti 5Ol. sh. 221 7,201 Southwark, Old Av. 001. 2s. Sd. sh. 2 1,700 11. 156. Ditto, New, of 7 1 per cent. 5O/.6h. IA 5,000 Waterloo 5,000 ISe. ed. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. 6O/. pd 19 5,000 I6e, 44. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 171 00,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Romig llB 5,818 17s Vauxhall Average 70/. 10s. 3d. sh. 19 ASsURANCh COMPAS:ES. 2,004 311 9 5 Albion 5001. sh. 50/ pd 99 50,000 [ s and 153( Alliance,Britishar Foreign 1001. sh. 10;!..pd 154 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 51. pd 61 24,0)'0 i 1 per sh. Atlas 501. sh. 51. pd 141 1,200 Ish. 51. Birmingham t ire 2501. eh. 351. pd 1071 20,000 41 per cent. British Fire 2501. sh. 50/. pd 4!) 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 5O/.65. 5!. pd 9 5,000 51. percent. Clerical, Nledi . 41 , 8 :c. Life, I C OI sh. 2110 s p d 4 4000 21 ICIs County 1001. sh. 10/. pd 42 20,000 55. Eagle sass , 1 - 5 per cent.' Economic Lila WOOL sh. 250/. pd e 75 COL eh. all pd 22 90/. sh. 2/. pd 11 60 2, ' , 2; 7 000 1 1 2' a 2 n s i . p 3 ,2 e:r i . et . t . Di European tto : Ne, L , t . s 1000,00111. 71. per et. Globe 20,000 51' Guardian lOO/. sh. 274/ pd 341 sO,OOO 6s. 6d. Hope.... . „ 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 51 2,400 51. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 500/. sh. 501. pd 127 7,500 95. Imperial Lite 1001. eh. 101. pd 10 13,459 41. percent. Indemnity Marine 11 01. sh. 8/. psi 22 2,020 31 RN Kest Fire 50/. Ph. all pd 142 3/. Ditto Life. 79 10,000 16s. Law Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 251 5,000 Ills. London, Firo 25/. sh. 12/. 105. pd lo 3.900 10s. London, Ship 251. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 16 1,000,00 Cl, 30,0e0 al. per cent. Palladium Lite 501. sh. '2l. pd et 84 eel 50,00 l 41. per cent. Protector Fite 2Ol. sh. 2/. pd 17.04 9,500 11. Provident Ltse 1. pd 20 1,000 ss. 'Rock Life 20/. sh. .pd 61 00 6'49,220/ 51. per cent. Royal Exchaiige Stor / k... 125 6,1 ( - )0 5 per cent. University Life lOOl. sh. 5/. pd 54 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom L i fe 2l. pd . JOINT STOCK BANKS 25,000 $ percent. Agric andCumm.of Ireland 25/. sh. 1(1/. pd 14 5,0)0 Australasia 4Ol. sh. 40/. pd 66 10,000 10 percent. Bank of 110 iningham 5! 1. sh. 10/. pd 13 10,000 19 per cent. Birmingham Bank . 5O/. sh. 51, pd isti 0,000 5 percent. London and Weetntinster...loo l sh. 20/. pd 214 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 1001. sh. SOL pd 30 25,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 101. pd ‘.lll 50 , 000 71 per sent Manchester and Liverpool} 1001. ob. 15/ pd 191 Discount 20,0) 0 7 per cent. Manchester, 1001. sh. 251 pd 27 20,000 Provincial Bank of Ireland 1001. sh. 25/. pi 42 20, CO National Bank of Ireland 5. ./.sh 1711. pd 151 10,000 I per cent. National Provincial Eng. lOOl. sh. 351. pd 331 19,000 Gloucestershire 501. ph. ltd. pd '2O 6.000 10 per cent. Hampshire 501. sh. 51. sal St GAS LIGHT AN 0 COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 11 54 lid Bath 2Ol. sh. 111. pd 24 5,000 British 4Ol. sh. 16/. pd 211 , 5,002 iS l •Perce nt al Ditto Provincial 9Ol. sh. 19 d 224 and Bs. ss. 929 511 ( 1• Birmingham 5O! sh. 98 4,250 25 Os Bristol 1,500 3' 10e Brighton 2O/. sh. Ifl 750 31 104 Ditto, New 2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General 201. sh. all pd 17 4,000 41. Continental Cansolidated lOOl. 621!. pd ii 1,000 101. City of London lOO/. sh. all pd 199 1. 0 00 6/. Ditto, New 15,000 41. Ins. Equitable SO/. pd 30/ 1 0 , 11 00 if per cent. Imperial SO/. sh. 461 800 57 per cent. Isle nf Thailet 211. sh. '2Ol. pd 20 2,350 Cl. per cant. Independent NIL sh. all pd 48 2,0410 3/. per cent. Phrenix .... 5111. O. 391. pd 211 1,000 4/, per cent. Ratcliff lOW. eh. 801. pd 1.8 4,000 South Metropolitan 501. sh. Pl. pd 17 3,200 51. per cent. United General , 5Ol. sh. IN. pd 294 240 5/. per cent. Warwick...... 50/. sh. 50 400 51. per cent Wakefield 12,000 aa Westminster Chartered 6,000 12e. Ditto New 5ll. sh. 10/. pd 94.. BGO Yarmouth 201. sh. 18/. pd 9. s WATER WORKS, 1,800 P. Birmingham 24 ': 3 Ff )°‘:'')/ (1 2 21 1 26 0 1; ; * M. Or asr'Liverpool nLondon d j u " 'ti Bootle o i i.... Average . 2 1 5 1/ 1 ' 13 h 5 . . 1-' 4 s d l . sp:IL 2,144 5 1011/. sh. 149 Kent lOO/. sh. 43 a 220/. sh. 3:6 1 5500 2/ 106 New /Over London Bridge Water Annuities 59 6,48.6 11 Iss Manchester and Salford .lOO/. sh. 54 1,000 4 per cent. South Lon.lon IOW. sh. 67. 8,294 41. West Middlesex ....Avenge 03/. 12s. 1)d. sh. 9411 1 . 36 0 11 144 York Building Co. Lessee Prop 1001. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,090 Birmingham and Derby - 9,590 Birmingham and Gloucester 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Juliet ion 04 15, , 110 Bristol and Exeter I(101. sh. IS) pd 9 600 Calcutta and Saugur 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western...!ool. sh. 711 31 3,004 Clarence lOO/..h. lON. pd 40 ' Milli° Commercial Blackwell 50/. sh. 2/. pd 51 8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. SS, pd 14 69,003 Eastern Counties 25/. sh. 51.10 41 (rand Junction 1001. sb. till isi 181 Great North of England 5,030 Great Western bill sh 65/. pd 9si 2,000 Hartlepool 14,000 Hull and "ielliy 501. sh. 101. pd '7l 10,008 Leeds and Manchester 100/. sh. 5!. pd 14 2.100 31. per cent. Leeds and Selby.. 1(10 sh. 44 1 , 5 0 0 11.5 e. Leicester and Swannington -.501. All. all pd '751 a,109 10 per rent. Liverpool and Manchester...lo(l.sh. 1001. pd 195 10 per real. Ditto Quarter Shares "251. 'xi 61 311, ( x10 London and Brighton 5O/. sh. 8/. pd 1 1 !2,000 London anti Blackwell 5O/. sh 31 pd 7 20,1100 It per cent. London and Greenwich 2Ol. Fir. '2O/. pd 17/ 5,000 London and Birmingham -100/. sh. VW. pd 175 Ditto Quarter Shares 51 p 4 313 20 . 11 00 ...... ... London soil Southampton -.WI. sh. a'il. Ist 431 Ditto ditto New 7, 0 00 ...... ... London and Croydon Trunk sCI. sh. 2 'l. pd 17 7,0,0 Ditto Scrip l4/. sh. 51. psi 111 12,000 London Grand Junction 501 sit. 5/.1.1 - 2 10,000 M nchester and libinimahain 70/.sh 71. pet - 91 North Midland 100/. sh. 55/ pd 4., Northesu and Eastern lOO/. sh. PI. pd 51 2.600 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 31. pd 36 28,000 South Eastern and Dover 7l. pd 6 1,000 10/. per Cont. Stockton and Darlington lOOl. sh. 211 1 8,000 ... ...... Thames Haven 5O/. sh V. 10s. pd 3 1,400 Westminster and Greenwich 50/. sh. '2l. pd 0 1 6,000 York and North Midland ...50 . eh. 12/, pd I`) 2 MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 5 /. sh. 311. pd 19 4,000 I/. ss. Alten 151. oh. 121. 10s pd 104 11 1 ,000 ... ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm.... 1001. sh. all ;A 4 Ditto Subscription .251. pa 41 2,000 11. Bolanos l5Ol. sh all pd 55 10,000 IL R Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pm. .351. sh. 20/ pd 931 6,0110 Macanhas Ss Cocaos United -.251. ish. 2'/. pd 7 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey ' 4 Ol. eh. 101. pd 51 10,000 ... ...... Bolivar Copper Company 011. sh. 20/. pd a 10,000 ... a ._ Ditto Scrip 101. sh. 8/. p 4 6 20,000 British Iron 5O/. sh. 5111 pd IGI 11000 Pritisl) Copper 5/. sh. 41/. pd ii Cate Branca 1 1/. pd 10 1 Candonga 10,000 II Copiapo 2Ol. sh 1211 pd 0/ 8, . 31. 500 - Collin - linen, ills. 51. pm. 2,8a 0 English l2l ICs. pel 121 20,000 General Mining A ssociation...2o/. Ph. 151. pd 10 6,15.5 Mexican Company 1001. sh. 5541 . 10 2 3009 Polbtrou Consols , lO.l. Ph. 1. pd 5 11,5 00 ......... Real del Monte, Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 180 United Mexican, iss. 2pm ....401. Os. all ptl :if Dips. Scrip :4 Ditto New Scrip 5l pd 41 West Cork 50/. sh. 50/. pd 98 LITERARY 1 NSTITUTIONS. to o ooo ......... London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. J) London University 1001. sh. all p 4 231 1,500 Russell "sgs. sh. P .00 King' College tool. pd 26 MISCELLANEOUS 10,000 15e. Australian Agricultural....lool. eh 2111. pd 44 6,000 41. per cent- British American Land Company ... '2:4. pd 13 10,000 01 per cent. Canada Company lOU/. sh. 281. pd 32 'OO,OOO 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan 9O City Bonds, 4 per cent ••••••• ••• • " 00 110 15 000 IL 6s. General Steam Navigation ...151. sh. 131. pd 331 ' 101, per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,00 0 11. London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 751. eh. 19 8, 000 .. ....... Caoutchouc Company 951. eh. YII. pd 11 New Brun.mick Land Company 431. pd 10 2 751 sl. per cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...100/. sh. 1001. pd 1301 2,033 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 70/. pd 90 4,000 10,0 00 0, Van Di,ney.'s Land 1001. eh. 17/. pd 111 LIST OF SCOT MATISHCH COMPANIES' PRICES MAR 3, 1838. BANKS. 000,00. 61. p. ct. Bank of Scoti;nY "... fW. 68. Bd. sh. all pd 190 i. 1 000,030/. 51 p. ct. Royal of Scotland 100/. sh. all pd 1591 t. 500. 010/. 6p. ct. British Linen Company 100/. sh. :AI pd li3til. 3 , 000,0001. el. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 160/. b. J 00,9005, !-- .. cr. N.-tional IOO/.sh. 10/. pd 164 2,000,0001. 61 p. ct. Glasgow Union 250!. sh. 50/. pd 72,'„ 4,000 0,01, 4p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 30/. pd 42/. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 05c.,0005h 6} p. et. Scottish Union 2O/. eh. 1!. pd 261 - 7_500 6} p. ct. Ilertailes or : 0 00 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....101. sh. all pd 6/ 5s 5 0 , 000 6p. ct. North British 2001. sh. 101. pd 161. h ow sp. ct. Caledonian Fire Inol. sh. 101. pd 1010 s * OO 6p. ct. Edinburgh Life 1001. sh. 10/. psi 14/164 1 00,000 31 p. et. West of Scotland lO/. pd 71 Vs _ MISCELLANEOUS .___ 4,810 Edin. and (Vas. 1in.7::na1...50/. sh. all pd 2 ' 21 . Ditto Allocated .w. sh. all pd 654 5 400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water.... 251. sh. all pd 241 4 Carron Iron Company 2501. sh, all pd 44/. t 0 00 sh 15 per cant. Shotts Iron Founuery .50/. sh 381. pd 4 51, 10, 000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2O/. sh. 161. pd Si. 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 251. sh. all pd s'l 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 251. sh. all pd i:3lil 750 7i par ce;:t. Leith Coal Gas 20/. sh. all pd 45/ 4,245 A sjqj 5 per conk Equitable Loon Company... - '5l. oh. W, pd 104 PRIVATE Bt., SINESS IN PAR LIA AILNT,--(YESTERDAY.) , (WEST SCOTLAND LIST.) Lord - 4 7 11. 4 .!5il ThwrixeK in the Chair. GLASGOW `I,IV,TFIRWORKS BILL. Mr. ANDREWS and Mr. Saeme'ilt3 s;terreeael for the parties for this Bill, which was opposed by Mr. HILL slid /4f. PNIEL vti the [art of the Commissioners of Police of Glasgow, Who presCriftql It pa:tititie against the Bill, as injuriaus in its tendency towards the tow ti, aed eneieashing upon the rights of such Commisioners. Mr. ANDREWS addressed the Conititiitc.36 in stippart of the of which, he maintained, spulte lot itself, The Learned Gentleria:tn wrocceded to impu4n the pout of the Commissioners of Police io petition in the matter, and to deny their right to be heard, contending that the Bill would be most usrqul to the inhabitants in general. sad that, in athert he ( Mr. A.) was at a loss to conceive how the Commissioners could fancy th, mselves entitled to interfere in the matter at all. lie de nied that they had any ei.tinet or peculiar intetert which could possibly be affect( dby this 13i11. In confirmation of argu ment, he quoted a decision, to the same effect, of Lord Cock burn, in the Scottish Courts Mr. HILL, in support of the right of the Commissioners of Police to petition, denied the arguments of his Learned Friend, Mr. Andrews, and avi reed that the decision of Lord Cockburn had been overruled, on a preliminary objection having been taken to it, in the Scottish Courts. The Learned Counsel proceeded to call Mr. John Gray --Witness has been a Commissioner of Po lice. Is not so now. Is now a member of the Glasgow Town Council. Was a Commissioner in 1834. The Commissioners have buildings for the care of criminals, be sides having the care of the streets, and .health and cleanli ness of the place. Glasgow is much subject to fevers ; in all such cases, and when the cholera is about, water in great quantities is requisite. It is a vital necessity ; arid the present supply is not adequate to the wants of the inhabitants. Cross-examined by Mr. ANDREws.—Is not a paid agent in this affair water is wanted in great quantities : it is purchased by the Police Commissioners by private bargain ; there is no power to compel the Water Company to supply it to the Commis,,ioners it must be paid for : the Commissioners have no privilege, as regards water, any more then the other inha bitants of Glasgow. The Waterworks Company can break up the streets without the consent of the Commissioners. This they are entitled to do by authority of Acts of Parliament. Mr. M'NEIL then addressed the Committee in support of the petition of the Commissioners of Police. The Learne d Advocate denied the validity of Lord Cock burn's decision, which he designated as having been given " most incompetently, most unjustly. and most illegally." lie then quoted the Act, which invested the Commissioners of Police with very large powers, almost paramount, over the well-being - and good order of the city of Glasgow, and he proceeded to enforce reasons why he thought the Committee on this Bill could not give a "decision against the right of the Commissioners to petition, after Lord Cockburn's decision to that effect had been solemnly annulled. Mr. ANDREWS, in reply, contended that the Commissioners of Police were not the parties who had the possession of such rights as had been stated to belong to them, but that the Town- Council were the parties who now possessed the government of the city. The Learned Counsel then commented upon the evidence of Mr. Gray, who had merely confirmed what he, Mr. Andrews, well knew before, viz., that the Commissioners of Police had no more power over the Water Company than any ordinary individuals in Glasgow, and that they had not the command over the Company for one drop of water, without paying for it, as every body else did. He argued very strongly in favour of Lord Cockburn's decision against these Commissioners, and took occasion to re mark that, of all the Judges who sat upon the Scottish Bench, the decisions of Lord Cockburn were, in his ( Mr. Andrew's) opinion, the most learned and argumentative. The Commissioners had, by their Act of Parliament, it was true, many powers, but they had not the power to appear here in the capacity they had thought proper to assume. Their Act gave them no power, and, consequently they had no locus standi for the object they sought. In conclusion the Learned Counsel contended that the decision of Lord Cockburn ought to be adhered to. The room was here cleared, after which the Chairman an nounced the decision of the Committee, " That the Commis sioners of Police had not the right to be heard before the Com mittee upon this Bill in their corporate capacity." Mr. ANDREWS then proceeded to open his case in support of the preamble of the Bill, the object of which was, that the Glasgow Waterworks Company might be empowered to pur chase " The Cranstown Hill Waterworks," in order to pro cure a larger and better supply of water for the city of Glasgow. The Learned Counsel then entered into a considerable detail of the local circumstances attending the erection of both the Water-works Companies. It appeared that the Cranstown hill Company had laid out 130,0001., for which they had, as yet received nothing. On the contrary, they had, year by year, lost the interest of their money. Consequently they were anxious to sell their works to the Glasgow Company, which, if effected, would be the means of great benefit to the city, as affording it the means of that full supply of water, of which they now stood so much in need. The supply, too, would not only be more ample, but the prices paid for it, according to the rates of houses, would be considerably diminished. These facts would be borne out by the evidence he would call. The Company also intended to tie themselves down to keep their mains continually charged, for the purpose of extinguishing fires, and this, although they were not bound to do so by their present Act. His Learned Friends on the opposite side had made a great outcry about " monopoly," which was cer tainly a very ugly word ; but this only reminded him (Mr. Andrews,) of Shakspeare's play, wherein a whole French regi ment is driven off the field by a single English soldier rushing on calling out, " a Talbot I a Talbot I" Here " Monopoly" was attempted for the same purpose ; but he, Mr. Andrews, could assure the Committee that there was no attempt at mo nopoly, unless it could be called a monopoly to do a great benefit to the city of Glasgow at a much cheaper rate than that at which it now received a smaller one. The CFIAIIIIIAN here asked Mr. Andrews what the propor tion of supply of water would be, as compared with that which was afforded now. Mr. ANDREWS replied it would he much more ample, but be forbore to particularize the quantity at present, as it was no t a question applicable to the preamble, but would be the subject of a particular clause. Mr. Sergeant SPANKIE appeared for the Lord Provost and Corporation of Glasgow, and addressed the Committee. From his address it appeared that the Lord Provost was prevented by domestic occurrences from appearing in London until to morrow. On this ground the Learned Sergeant now applied to the Committee to a djourn to any future convenient day, for the purpose of his ( Sergeant Spankie's) being enabled to fully and effectually examine the conflicting interests of this case in all their bearing;. Mr. ANDREWS objected to an adjournment, on the ground that the promoters of the Bill were kept in London at a consi derable expense ; besides other and greater opposition might arise in the mean time, against which the Learned Sergeant could not guarantee his (Mr. Andrews's) clients. Mr. Sergeant SPANKIE denied that such consequences as those anticipated by Mr. Andrews would ensue. The Learned Sergeant hoped the Committee would not object to adjourn over to Friday next, or any other day the Committee might think right, when he would be fully prepared. The CHAIRMAN decided against the adjournment, and that the evidence upon the preamble should forthwith be gone into. Mr. HILL applied to the Committee to appear for Mr. John Buckmire. Mr. ANDREws objected to Mr. Hill so appearing, as Mr. Buckmire had signed himself Chairman of the parties who had been declared ineligible to oppose this Bill. Mr. HILL contended that this fact di.i not invalidate Mr. Buckmire's right to be heard in opposition, inasmuch as he was a householder of Glasgow, and was, consequently, interested in the effect of this Bill. The room was here cleared, after which the Committee de cided that Mr. Hill could not be heard as Counsel in support of the petition of Mr. Buckmire. Mr. HILL then applied for an adjournment of the Com mittee, on the ground that a postponed notice of motion stood on the paper of the House, the purport of which was to con sider if the Standing Orders had been duly complied with upon this Bill. The LEARNED COUNSEL then described the circumstances which had prevented that motion coming on last night, and added that an Hon. Member, Mr. Chalmers, would bring it on to-night. The Committee, without clearing the room, decided that Mr. Hill's application could not be entertained. Mr. ANDREWS then proceeded to call, in support of the pre amble, Mr. Daniel M'Cane. Witness is engineer to the Cranstown Hill Waterworks Company. Has been so nine years . Has an account of its amount of dividend which was nil, or nearly so, and those dividends are diminishing. 19,3551. are to be annually charged on the Water rates, whereby a considerable saving would take place. The whole of this witness's evidence in chief went to prove an increased supply of water, and a diminution of rates, as the effects of the proposed Bill. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant SPANKIE.--The gross re ceipts last year were 3,730/. The general average receipts, from 1814, were between 2,0001. and 3,0001., so that last year's receipts were more in amount, but not profitable. The Cranstoun Hill Company and the Glasgo w C o mpany have been in the h abit of charging the same rates. A graduated scale existed, and was adhered to by both Companies. The Companies lay their heads together for that purpose. The Glasgow Company had six years of " lean years," during which they bad also a return of al/. The losses of the lean years of the Cranstoun Hill Company were gradually restored, but as yet they got no interest upon capital. The cross-examination of this witness occupied a very long time, but nothing tended to shake his previous evidence, nor was any fresh fact, in its support, elicited. Note. —The decision, as regards the incapacity of the Po lice Commissioners of Glasgow to be heard against the Bill a ill have the effect of sending their agents, solicitors, aed witnesses, to a considerable number, hack to Glasgow, at Ilia loss of all their time and expenses, which, had they been de clared eligible to be heard, might have been allowed them. The Speaker being at prayers, the Committee aj urned unt il one o'clock next Frnay, Mr. M`Neil having previously applied for access to the account books of the Cranstoun Wa terworks Company, which the last witness had extracted some of his evidence from. Access to them was granted by the Committee. The snow, in some places, is lying two feet deep, no twithstanding the very heavy showers of rain we '-ave had during the last fortnight.—Greenock Advertiser. LAW INT ELLIGE COURT OF CHANCERY, MARCH 28. ItAXWoßrity v. liAxwolinly. In this matter the plaintiff 'ma been suing in . forma pauperis, arA an application was made some time back to dispauperise ;lira, en the ground that be et joyed an annuity of 50/. In answer to this allegation, the plaintiff insisted that be owed much more than the whole value of the annuity, that he re eoVed no benefit from it, and that, in point of fact, he was , not worth five pounds after the payment of his debts. The matter stood over for inquiry :nto the truth of the allegation of poverty. The LORD CHANCELLOR, after locking into the affidavits, sail there could be no doubt that the plaintiff had made an assertion not founded on fact with respect to the amount of his debts. The order permitting him to sue in forma palperis must, therefore, be discharged. THORPE V. lIUGIIES. was an appeal motion to discharge an injunction grant( d by the Vce Chancellor, which restrains the trial of as ite;ion brought I y thy defendant, as agent of the Com mercial and Agricultural Bank of Ireland, to recover from the plaintiff a sam of 1.500/., the Laiance of calls on shares in that Company. The Company sia?l established in 1834, at the suggestion of a Mr. Japle3 Dwyer, and the plaintiff, who is a merchant in Manchester, became the bolder of a number of shares, on which he hag already paid 1,500/. Having reason to be dissat:sfied with the management of . the concern, he refused to pay the re mai.ider of the instalments, and an action was c , )mmenced against him by the defendant, who, under the Act of the 6th Geo. IV., represents the Company, with a power to sue and be sup d. The cause is set down for trial at the present Assizes for the county of Lancaster, and the tiff, having filed a bill for the discovery of evidence of :-and and misrepresentation, as a ground of defence to the action,. filed a bill for a discovery, and obtained a common injunction against ten persons., whom he represented to be the Commit t:e of Management of the Bank. Having got this injunction for want of appearance, he then applied to have the terms of the injunction extended to the defendant, as connected with those ten persons in the fraud, and by this means he stopped the defendant's action, the ten persons first proceeded against having no action pending on the subject. Mr. WAKEFIELD now contended that this proceeding was expressly opposed to the established practice of the Court. Mr. JACon supported the order of the Court below. • The Loan CHANCELLoa said that it was quite 'impossible, from the nature of the issues, that the pla i nt iff could derive f anv discovery through the oill, that could in any way assist him in his defence to the action. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, 1111otot 28. IN THE MATTER OF NAPOLEON DARNOUX. This was, in many respects, a remarkable case, and in which an extraordinary application was made. The insolvent, who had been an extensive merchant at Rheims, and whose credi tors were resident i❑ France, absconded some time ago and came to England, under an assumed name, bringing, it was alleged, with him a considerable sum of money. He was traced, and arrested. He was in the habit of carrying bank notes in the top part of a walking-stick, and on his application to this Court to be discharged from custody, a point of con cealing and making away with property was urged against him. He was remanded for a period of 15 calendar months, but suon afterwards managed to effect his escape from the Queen's Bench Prison, where he was detained to the amount of upwards of 5,000/. Pursuit was made after him, and ha was discovered in America, where he was now imprisoned. He had been, under the Code de Commerce, declared a fraudu lent bankrupt, and was liable to an imprisonment of 20 years. On his hearing he told an extraordinary story about a Spanish lady giving him money to keep for her. Mr. NIcHoLLs applied on the part of the assignee for the assistance of the Court, to enable the creditors to prosecute Darnoux in America. The facts were detailed in an affidavit. The present application was for the original documents to be given out to the solicitor to forward to America, without which Darnoux would escape, and get re-possession of the property. Mr. Commissioner HARRIS granted the application, ordering copies to be filed until the return of the original documents from New York. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT, KINGSTON, Meßest 28. Isaac Strudwick was placed at the bar, charged with kill ing and slaying Mary Hampton, at Guildford, on the 14th of last August. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty of man slaughter, and he was sentenced to transportation for 10 years. Win. Adams and Wm. Foster were charged with having been found at night armed with guns, in company with another person, in a preserve called Old Pond Wood, at Epsom, on the night of the 6th December, for the purpose of destroying game. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. Foster, who is an old offender, was sentenced to transporta tion for seven years, and Adams was sentenced t o one year's imprisonment and hard labour. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LxrEnrooL, MAW' 21 Dennis Baxter and William Breyers were indicted for the manslaughter of Alice Hunt, at Warwick, on the 9th of September last. After evidence had been heard, His LOKDSILIP summed up, and the jury, after a short con sultation, brought in a verdict of Guilty against Dennis Bax ter Breyers they found Not Guilty. Sentence was deferred. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. SWEARING EXTRAORDINARY.--A tall, thin, sharp-faced in dividual was brought here, charged with assaulting the land lord of a public-house because be refused to draw beer for him. The complainant stated that the prisoner threatened. to " serve him out" were it not for the law , at the same tlnl, " shaking his fist within half an inch o f t he terrified old gentle man's prominent proboscis. A young man who was in the house at the time corroborated this statement. The prisoner denied the assault, and said that he had brougbt an action in the Court of Queen's Bench against the com plainant, and Boniface considering himself aggrieved by the result of the case, had taken this opportunity to annoy him. Mr. TWYFORD asked the complainant if he had gained the action? The complainant could not tell exact l y wh ether he had lost or gained, but he believed he did not make anything by it. Mr. TWYFORD inquired who paid the expenses? The complainant confessed that his information upon this point was likewise deficient. Mr. TWYFORD (to the complainant)—Did you pay the pri soner's expenses, or do you know if he was compelled to d o himself? Complainant—Can't say he paid the m, but I'm sure I didn't pay them. Mr. Twv vont) said that if the prisoner had no witnesses to disprove the landlord's statement, he would have to flue blot for the assault. Prisoner (pointing to the witness) —That fellor's word's nothing. He'd swear the lid off an iron pot.—( A laugh•) Whatever that old gentleman says, he's sure to swear to it. The prisoner then gave himself a good chara cter, but Mr• Twvvorto ordered him to pay a fine of 55., and enter into his own recognizance fur 20/. to keep the peace towards the corn' plainant. Four individuals, named Ball, Probart, Griffiths, an d Paul, were charged on suspicion of stealing a Bank of Eng land note, value 1001., the property of Lieutenant Bastard, 0 ' the Royal Horse Guards. The prisoners were fully committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Rowland Dobie, coachman (cot footman to Lord Ilawar den, as some previous report incorrectly stated) and Nary, his wife, housemaid to Lord Charlemont, were brought up for further examination, charged with having stolen a table cloth and a piece of bed-room furniture, the property of Lord Charlemont. The prisoners were remanded. PATENT LEVER WATCHES, - - - _ Four and a Half Guineas each. A variety of Second-hand Watches, on this celebrated construc tion, with going fuzee, to continue going while winding up, jewelle4 in four holes, hand to mark the seconds, hard ena mel dial and other modern improvement., are offered at the above price. ss r " ranted, at COX SAVORY'S, Jeweller, Silvers:rah, and atc m str a e k e e t r ) ,. 47, Cornhill, London (Seven Doors from Oracechurch. BIRTHS. of On the 26th inst., in Stanhope-street, the Countess Coerper, a O daughter. n the 21st inst., at Brighton, Lady Augusta Seymour, of a On the 25th inst., Mrs. R. S. Chambers, of Doughy-street'° a daughter. On the '24th inst., at Lee-terrace, Blackheath , Mrs . Charles A. Ferguson, of a son. On the 25th ins', Mrs. Wra. Storrs Fry, of a daughter. On the 25th inst., the lady of James Sparks, Esq., of a son. On the 24th inst., Mrs. John Barclay, Hornsey-lane, of • `,o r e On the 20th inst., at Auchinbowie, Stirlingahiro, Lady Cameron, of a daughter, AB ' On the 22d inst., at St . Ma r y's, , Ne Mar R y's, RIED. CoclL Newington, Mr. G. M . - f of Islington, to Anne , elde s t daughter of Mr. Wm. Walters, ° Tiverton, Devonshire. • ,e, , to On the 2 4 th inst., at Chevening, Kent, Captain Havisfo Frederica Markta:n,daughter of the late Dean of York. rt On the 26th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Richard flerbe t Tor,nshend, Esq., of London, to Catherine Thoma s, y ounS°` daughter of the late Wm. Thomas, Esq., of lialifait age d 71. DIED. On the 26th inst., in Park-street, Grosvenor-square , the Hon. Louisa Harbord, sister of the late and aun t of the-yreseni Lor.l Suffield. On the 24th inst., Elizabeth, wife of Mr. J. E. Breasinglion Annatt's-cresee, Is. On the 25th nt inst. li , n at gton Kentish-town, Sarah, wife of Mr. 14 Buswell, aged 76. On the 24th inst ,in Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, age d 47 Mr. Thomas Ward. Om the 22d inst., at Rose-cottage, Boston , Lincolnshire, Eliza" beth Toyne, widow of J. Toyne, Esq., lac of the Stock Exchange. London. On the 221 inst., Henry John, infant son of the Rev. J. I t Brown, of Knighton, Radnorshire. On the 24th inst., at Oundle, Maria, wife o f C. P. Berkeley. Esq., aged 39 26 E t sq hi . n , s a t a . e , d in B4 S . pring-garden-terrace , Elizabeth, J. Hat sell, e e ll, r elict of ° On the 24th inst., at Daventry, Mary Isabella, youn E. J. Benton, E52±_ ...................................... ...................., ------ - - -- f London: Printed and Published by' URDO YOUNG , sa 112, Strand, at The Sea Offie.e. Nn. 112 , Strand , in the coil of Middlem.—Thursday, March 29, IS3B. ges t childof THE SUN, LONDON, TitUtiSD.A.Y, MARCH 29, P.'3B.